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Indonesia: Amnesty condemns Jakarta bombing
Monday, 13 September 2004, 8:17 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International strongly condemns today’s bomb attack outside the Australian Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia. More >>
Kenya: Anti-terrorism moves may breach int. laws
Friday, 10 September 2004, 9:38 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is seriously concerned that Kenya's Suppression of Terrorism Bill 2003 contains measures that violate Kenyan law, human rights treaties to which Kenya is a party, and may result in human rights violations. More >>
Joint NGO statement on the Beslan Hostage Tragedy
Thursday, 9 September 2004, 8:51 am | Amnesty International
Human Rights Centre "Memorial", Moscow Helsinki Group, All-Russia Movement for Human Rights, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, International ... More >>
Russian Federation: Amnesty expresses condolences
Tuesday, 7 September 2004, 9:02 am | Amnesty International
I would like to express, on behalf of Amnesty International members throughout the world, our solidarity with and condolences to all those persons who have suffered as a result of the hostage-taking attack in the North Ossetian town of Beslan. More >>
Honduras: 2 years on killing of children continues
Tuesday, 7 September 2004, 9:01 am | Amnesty International
Despite the creation of the Special Unit for the Investigation of Violent Deaths of Children two years ago, the killers of children in Honduras continue to get away with murder, said Amnesty International today, as it relaunched its world-wide campaign ... More >>
Amnesty International’s Global Round-Up
Monday, 6 September 2004, 5:28 pm | Amnesty International
As the UN Security Council (UNSC) discusses the Secretary-General’s latest report on the situation in Darfur, Sudan, Amnesty International is urging the Council to demonstrate political will and commitment to end continuing human rights violations ... More >>
World: Med Experts Urge End to Child Executions
Monday, 6 September 2004, 10:33 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International and medical experts from seven countries have sent an open letter to the heads of government in China, Pakistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Philippines, Iran, Sudan and the USA urging them to stop using the death penalty ... More >>
Sudan: Security Council must challenge violations
Friday, 3 September 2004, 10:13 am | Amnesty International
As the UN Security Council (UNSC) discusses the Secretary-General’s latest report on the situation in Darfur, Sudan, Amnesty International is urging the Council to demonstrate political will and commitment to end continuing human rights violations ... More >>
Malaysia renews judicial independence confidence
Friday, 3 September 2004, 10:06 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International warmly welcomes today’s decision by Malaysia’s highest court to uphold the final appeals of former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim and his adopted brother, Sukma Darmawan. Both men had been convicted on charges of sodomy. More >>
Lebanon: New Action to Ratify Int. Criminal Court
Friday, 3 September 2004, 10:00 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International (AI) and the Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC) have today launched an action calling on the government of Lebanon to accede to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, as part of their campaign ... More >>
Colombia: Indigenous hostages must be released
Friday, 3 September 2004, 9:58 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International has condemned the kidnapping of several indigenous leaders by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, FARC) and called for their immediate release. More >>
Russia: Civilians killed in recent violence
Friday, 3 September 2004, 9:57 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International strongly and unreservedly condemns the hostage-taking of children in southern Russia, the latest of a series of incidents in which civilians have been targeted. More >>
Iraq: Amnesty Appalled by Execution of 12 Nepalese
Wednesday, 1 September 2004, 9:24 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is shocked by today's news of the execution of 12 Nepalese men who had been taken hostage in Iraq. Amnesty International appeals for the immediate and unconditional release of all remaining hostages and urges all armed groups to ... More >>
Nepal: Alarming rise in "disappearances"
Tuesday, 31 August 2004, 8:36 am | Amnesty International
On the occasion of today's international "day of the disappeared", Amnesty International has revealed that 378 cases of "disappearance" in Nepal have been reported to the organization in the last year, more cases than in the previous ... More >>
Peru: Human Rights Key To Ending Conflict
Friday, 27 August 2004, 9:29 am | Amnesty International
Peru: A National Human Rights Plan is key to ending the consequences of internal conflict More >>
Sudan: Attacks on Freedom of Expression in Darfur
Thursday, 26 August 2004, 9:11 am | Amnesty International
Rather than taking decisive action to curb widespread human rights violations in Darfur, the Sudanese government instead is seeking to gag those who are speaking about the abuses, Amnesty International said in a new report published today. See… ... More >>
Bangladesh Govt must stem growing tide of violence
Wednesday, 25 August 2004, 9:30 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is seriously concerned about the safety and security of people who are taking part in demonstrations in Bangladesh this week. More >>
Iran: reported execution of a 16 year old girl
Wednesday, 25 August 2004, 9:28 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International today expressed its outrage at the reported execution of a girl who is believed to be 16 years old, Ateqeh Rajabi, in Neka in the northern Iranian province of Mazandaran, on 15 August, for "acts incompatible with chastity" ... More >>
Iraq: Anniversary of UN bombing in Baghdad
Monday, 23 August 2004, 10:51 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International joins the United Nations (UN) in mourning the loss of 22 members of their staff in Iraq exactly a year ago. The UN staff who were killed in a suicide attack in Baghdad, including Sergio Vieira de Mello, UN's High Commissioner for Human ... More >>
Guantánamo: Amnesty to observe military hearings
Friday, 20 August 2004, 8:52 am | Amnesty International
An Amnesty International delegate, Jumana Musa, will attend the preliminary hearings, scheduled to take place on 23 August, in the cases of four Guantánamo Bay detainees facing trial by military commission. More >>
